Clothes presser and hanger.



I L. ALBERT. CLOTHES PRESSER AND HANGER.

:APPLIUATION FILED 0GT.9, 1907.

900,05], Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

INV NTOH TERS cm. WASHINGTON, o. c.

LOUIS ALBERT, OF NEW YORK, N.

PATENT oEEIoE.

Y., ASSIGNOROF ONEJIALF TO HARRY S. WYNKOOP, OF

a NEW YORK, N5 Y.

eLorHEs PRESSER AND HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Application'filed October 9,1907. Serial No. 396,562.

To all whom it may concern: H Be it known that I, LOUIS ALBERT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Pressers and Hangers, of which the following is a specifi cation. p

This invention refers toa hanger and presser for clothing of variouskinds, the object being to providea simple, efficient and economical device which will combine in itself these functions. Heretofore such means as have beenemployed forthese purposes havejgenerally been either too simple to properly perform the required service, or too complicated for practical andfrequent use, or in'volvedtoo greatan expense in the manufacture. I have, therefore, devised a simple contrivance which, whileit is cheap to manufacture, possesses all the required elements of merit and practicability, and will be found to be very durable, compact,

occupying but small; space when .not in'use and when in use doing its work very satisfactorily. r 9 i The invention, therefore, consists essentially in the construction, and combination of parts and in various details and peculiarities thereof, substantially as will be herein-- after described and claimed.

In theaccom anying drawing illustrating my invention, igure 1 is a side elevation of my improved clothes hanger andpresser, when extended into the position it occupies when in practical use. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same with one ofthe spring sides extended and the other coiled up. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view, showing one way of connecting the springs and the cross pieces. Fig. 4 is a sectionaledge view'of the same. Fig. 5 is an edge view of a modified'form of the invention, wherein one of thesides isa solid non-coilingpiece, while the other side is a spring coil. ig. 6 is a broken detail, in-

dicating a further modification in having tween which one end of a 'pair of trousers or some other garment may be placed, as 1nd1- I said cross pieces bein }parts throughout difiercated at 14 in the drawing, said parallel strips 1 being held together tolerably closely by means of curved springs 2, 2, bolted,

riveted or otherwise fastened to the said strips" at opkposite ends thereof, as clearly indicated in igs. 1 and 2. It will be obvious that the resiliency of the springs 2, will permit the strips 1 to 'be separated more or less from each'other for the purpose of inserting the piece of clothing which is to be supported between them, and the grip upon said clothing caused by the springs 2 enables the clothing to be held tightly between the pieces 1 for purposes of support.

The strips 1 and their springs 2' constitute the'head of the device, and one or both of these strips 1 is provided with a hook 3 adapted to be suspended from some suitable support as, for instance, a closet hook. Each side of the aforesaid head, that is to sayeach strip 1, is provided in the main form of the invention, as indicated in Figs.

1 and' 2, 'with extensible sides that are adapted to be coiledup lnto a close compact form, as indicated at the right in Fig. 2, or to occupy the extended position shown at the left in Fig.2, which latter is the position that "the sides take after a garment has 'beenplaced between them for the purpose of being pressed and hung. These extensibleand coiling sides may be made in a I variety of different ways. One form is that indicated in Figs. -1 and 2 where the side consists of two strips 4 of spring metal to which are securely riveted a series of cross pieces 50f metal, wood or other material, preferably narrow strips orslats that lie 0 ose together so that the slats 5 and the spring pieces 4'constitute an imperforate surface that can easily be rolled and unrolled. The narrowness of the slats contributes to the ease of coiling and uncoilin At the end of each side opposite the hea a handle-bar 8 is secured to the ends of the "springs 4, said handle-bar being preferably simply a modified form of, connection between the springs and having a rod 10 running through it which carries at the ends beyond the springs 4 handles 9 by means of which the spring sides may be uncoiled.

' The slats 5 and the spring pieces 4 may be secured together by means of rivets 15, as shown in Fig. 1, or any other suitable way. Oneother way is delineated in Fig.

3 where it will be seen that the cross strips 5 have at their ends narrowed and hooked parts 6, and also upturned slitted side projections 7. The springs 4 slide loosely between the hooks 6 and projections 7, so that in this way a series of the slats 5 may be loosely placed upon the springs 1; but they will be in close contact with each other, and the surface of the side of the device will be practically the same as it is in Fig. 1, where the slats are riveted to the springs 1.

Instead of having simply two springs 4 connected by slats 5, it may be found more convenient to construct the sides with a series of parallel vertical springs as 12 in Fig. 6, said spring strips being placed close to each other, in which case it will be unnecessary to have more than a few of the cross slats, and therefore these latter will be placed at intervals, as at 13, being riveted or otherwise firmly secured to the springs. Furthermore, there may be found cases where it will be more convenient and conducive of better results to have one side coiled and the other side solid and nonextensible. This latter form is indicated in Fig. 5, where it will be seen that one of the strips 1 of the head is formed integral with the side 11 which is a solid surface or sheet not adapted to coil or uncoil, but to remain permanently as a fixed board. The other side, however, is made as it is in Figs..1 and 2, consisting of coiling springs 4 and connecting cross pieces 5.

Various other modifications and changes in the construction and arrangement of the various parts may be made without going outside of the invention, and I reserve the liberty of so modifying and rearranging the precise details as may be found best suited to make the most successful device.

In using my improved clothes hanger and presser, one end of the garment will be inserted between the strips 1, 1, as already suggested, and then the device will be hung up by means of the hook 3. The sides being now coiled, the user will lay hold of the handles 9 and rapidly extend the sides so that they will be in contact with the opposite sides of the garment, against which they will tightly press. When they have been completely extended, some fastening device may be employed, if desired, to hold the handle-bars 8 together. A pair of trousers or other articles of clothing which may have been inserted in the hanger and Presser, may be thus held securely and pressed, so long as the device is in its extended position, and the convenient and compact form of the latter will enable it with its inclosed garment to be hung away in some small space where it will occupy but little room.

The hook 3 may be applied to both sides of the head: that is to say, each strip 1 may be provided with a hook 3, the two hooks being preferably placed opposite each other as shown. They will be connected to the strips with sufficient rigidity to allow of the following result: IVhen it is desired to open the head by overcoming the tension of the springs 2 and separating the strips 1. far enough from each other to allow of the withdrawal or insertion of an article, the user can by grasping the two hooks 3 and pressing them towards each other, thereby separate the strips 1 far enough for the purpose. The hooks 3 may be modified as much. as may be desired in their precise construction. When two are used for the purpose just suggested, it will be evident that when the device is to be suspended, it can be hung up either by one or both of said hooks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a clothes hanger and presser, the combination of a head for receiving one end of the article, and a plurality of springs coiled at each side of said head, between which springs the article of clothing is held and pressed, together with a series of strips connecting together the several springs on each side.

2. In a clothes hanger, the combination lel strips and curved springs connecting them, said head being adapted to receive and hold a garment, of one or more extensible and coilable sides each consisting of a spring or springs and a series of transverse strips or slats carried by said springs.

4. In a clothes hanger and presser, the combination with a spring head, of a pair of sides adapted to lie alongside of the article and tightly press the same, said. sides each consisting of a plurality of springs and a series of transverse strips or slats connecting said springs at each side.

5. In a clothes hanger and presser, the combination with a spring head for receiving and holding one end of an article, of one or more extensible and. coilable sides each consisting of a spring or springs and a series of transverse strips or slats carried by the springs on each side.

6. The combination with a spring head adapted to receive and hold a garment, of extensible and coilable sides consisting of springs, and a series of connecting strips or slats for connecting together the springs belonging to each side.

7. Thecombination of a head for receiving Signed at New York city, this 4th day of one end of the artic1e,"o f sides adapted to be October, 1907. opened along the opposite sides of the article, said sides'consisting of extensible end coi1-- .5 able springs and connections between them, 7 Witnesses:

said connections with'the springs forming V RICHARD OONDON, flat surfaces on both sides of the garment. O. B, SOEIROEDER.

LOUIS ALBERT. 

